African American Publisher and Lawyer, Sumner H. Lark
Sumner H. Lark, the son of a former slave, moved to Brooklyn where he published a newspaper, engaged in various business endeavors, and became a lawyer. He was active in politics and had a dream to start a black community in Putnam County, New York.
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